Vietnam-funded broadcasting project delivered to Laos
A radio and television station in Laos’s Udomsay province worth nearly 108 billion VND funded by Vietnam was handed over to the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism at a ceremony in the locality on November 30.
Vientiane (VNA) – A radio and television station in Laos’s Udomsay provinceworth nearly 108 billion VND funded by Vietnam was handed over to the LaoMinistry of Information, Culture and Tourism at a ceremony in the locality onNovember 30.
The project was constructed by Vietnam Television (VTV) using the VietnameseGovernment’s non-refundable capital for Laos. It is one of the projects implementedas part of an agreement on cooperation in economy, culture, education andsci-technology between the two countries.
The station was equipped with advanced technologies appropriate for thedevelopment plan of Laos’s national broadcasting network, and the broadcastingdevelopment roadmap within ASEAN.
It includes technical equipment and basic infrastructure, designed to meet theincorporated development of many broadcasting systems in the future. Atwo-storey building for the station’s staff with a total area of 540 sq.m, andother facilities were also included.
Speaking at the ceremony, Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture andTourism Savankhone Ratsamotry highlighted the importance of the project, sayingthat it benefits Udomsay province and also Laos’ northern region.
The station is hoped to help expand coverage of Laos’ northern localities, thuspromoting dissemination of the Lao Party and State’s policies, laws and socio-economicplans to the Lao people, contributing to enhancing bilateral links between thetwo sides’ information and communications sectors, he stressed.
In hisspeech, Governor of Udomsay province Phetsakhone Luangaphay thanked theVietnamese Government and people for their assistance.
Previously, on November 29, Lao Minister of Minister of Information, Cultureand Tourism Bosengkham Vongdala and General Director of the VTV Tran Binh Minhsigned delivery minutes for the project at a ceremony in Vientiane.
On the occasion, VTV was honoured with the Freedom Order – third class, whileseveral units and individuals of VTV were presented with Labour Orders, firstand second class of the Lao State, fortheir efforts in polpularising culture and tourism and contributing topromoting the friendship between the two Parties, States and people./.
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The handover ceremony (Source: VNA) 
